MattyFridays:The fact that someone's eyes are closed is a sign of a bad photographer, not a bad subject.

These were taken in 1983. They didn't have any way to review the images, film and developing was still expensive, and these are otherwise professional looking hi-quality shots - that was very expensive too and I'm sure the TV station couldn't afford more than one shot per person - unfortunately, some people blinked.

Fortunately for us, someone thought it was funny looking enough to save the rejects so we could all have a laugh 30 years later.

MadAzza:MadAzza: Got it! Willie Aames from "Eight is Enough."I'm sorry ... I mean, I believe you that it's Dana Carvey. But he resembles Willie Aames in that pic. Didn't mean to sound argumentative.Really have to go to work now ...

dark side of the moon:I don't know anything about photography. The photographer said he developed the pictures "without proofing them first." What does that mean? Just curious.

I'm pretty sure it means developing a "proof sheet" before developing full size images. Ever see an old movie where a photographer is looking through a magnifier at a sheet of images? That's a proof sheet, film stock, chemicals, development time, all cost money so, after developing the negatives, they would shoot them on a single sheet of film stock, develop that, then decide which images should be developed full-size. Saved time and money.

This guy is basically saying it had these developed full-size (probably 8x10) and skipped the proof sheet step.